Space-marking device.



0. W. BARR/ION.

I SPACE MARKING BEVICE. APPLiCATION mm) em. I, 1212. azunvao OCT. 25. Ian.

Patented. Dec. 11,1912".

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A r rrer we DANIEL W. nn'nivron, or BUEFALO, NE'W rents, lemma e10 seiteienieeeee ni enny, or surname, YQBK l-lGOPABTNERSHIP CON$1ESJJI1TG'QF IMANFIEIQ "W5. reunion,melanoma.izenittott,Ann ABRAHAM. M, summon. 1 I

t lei auil Specification of Letters Intent.

. Patentedfie'clftit, ieitf A'pplicationiiled October 1,1912fSeria1N0. 723, 8 r 'n wetl October 25,1917. userier lr .51945541.

wh ch the following is a specification.

This invention "relates to a space marking, device which isdesiejned to produce inarks uponagarmcnt, fabric or the like where the same is to receive loutton, buttonh-ole or thelike. i

Heretotore "great difficulty has been experienced in accurately spacing the buttoni tor properly locating 9 buttonholcs as heretofore pract sed.

holes and the buttons to loe' att'a'ched tothe garment so that they matched 'properly'and it also involved consderahleexpense on :a'c-

count of the great "care and time necessary the buttons and buttonholes or the like, and notwithstanding the greatest care it has often been necessary to discardfmany garments owing to 1mper fections in the spacing otthe buttons and I Such spacing ormarkmg; off has heret'oitore usually been done by one operator who prepared the same ready for other operators who did the actual sewing of the button holes or the attachinj; of the buttons or the like: to the garments or fabric. 7

lhe purpose of this invention isfito pro 'vide an improved spacing}; device which per -mits the operator to locate each working space on the garment or fabric while the sewing or fastening mechanism is operating upon the requ ring the help of a separate operator, and which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction and 'easily a'djuse ed and adapted for spacing different kinds of Work and varying the distances between the several work placeson the garment or fabric. lnthe accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective viewer n sew inner buttonholing machine efluipped with my improved spacing'deyice. Fig.2" is a top plan" icw of the spacing" device detached from the machine. Fig. 3 is atronteleva tion thereof. Fig. 4 is atransverse section in line itt, Fig. .2. "Fitgfi5 is 'a fragmentary erspective viewer the supportiu bar form+ his part of my improved spacing device.

" liig. 6 is a fragmentaryperspective "view previously marked place without showing a slightly difi eren't formpf holder for the awl or markeruof myuspacinigdeyice.

Similar characters of reference indicate views. V i Y. i c i i My improved spacing device is {designed to housed in connection with any machine \vhere'by buttons are sewed on r a i garment,

corresponding parts throughout the several buttonholes are "formed and worked, or other operations of a similar characterare per tormed. The machine shown in Final, as an example icomprises a table 1, "and sen ing' machine head 2 between which the can ment. fabric or e similar article-which is J71 shown by dotted lifn es 3 is moved horizontaliytorward orin any other des red direction so thatsuccc'ssivepl aces on this or ole may be operated upon by: the needle 4 which is mounted on the --head and cooperates with the mechanism under the table anV suit ableandwell' known manner for either a ta'ching; a button to the fabric,working-a button'hole or performing sim lar opera-- tion. Inasmuch asthe details of this button sewing, button holing or like mechanism may be of any suitable andwell known construc tion it is not necessary-toiurther illustrate or describe the "same. l w P My improvedspacing .d'eyicelwhichis es 1;

xsoci'ated. with the operating mechanism "of the machine is constructed as follower Mounted on the head o t the. machineis an attachingbracket or yoke which preten ably comprises "a Li-shaped member G llie 1 bracing three sides of the head 2 andja Cross barti connecting the legs of thistl -shaped member and detachably connected therewith by means of screws 7', as shown. Upon tight enii'ig'thes'e screws this bracket or 'yoke 'is secured to the head of the machine so as to support the parts of myimproved spacing device above the path of thegarm'ent or tab-- ric which is being; operated upon, 'Althounh I prefer this form of supporting bracket the detail construction of the same may be ye ried, particularly whenndaptine my improye'meuts to different types or designs of sewing; or fastening; machines. wOn its front side and on its opposite l ateral "sides the supporting bracket provided with a front socket 8 and two sidesocket's 9, 1'0 anyone at which is adapted toreceive the shank itl on theinner'end off a horizontal supporting have 12-. shown inltigie. linundfi thetjwe side sockets 9, are formed respectively on the cross bar andon the bow of the U-shaped .1, 2;.and 3, isoasto project forwardly from the head of the sewing machine and in line with:theneedlethereof;or substantiallyso,

or this supporting bar maytbe secured with 1tsin-nerend in :either of the side socketsfor v adapting-the: same to: the particular charac-v ter of the work which is to be space marked.

The; supporting bar is held: in one or-*the other .7 of these sockets of; the bracket by j) meanspfqclampingorethumb screws13 mounted on therespective socketsand adapt ed to 'engagewith theside of-the shank at theinner end of thecsupporting'bar while thersam'eE-is arranged within the respective socketdc 'lihefbody of the bar'ispreferably rectangular. in cross section as shown in the drawings and: the shank? at its' front end "-;may-b provided on onev side with a flat facere-for the clamplng screw-l3to engage against and hold the supporting bar with its opposite flat'vertical sides in an upright pos1t1on;-"A hanger'which forms a part of my 1 improved spacing device comprisesfa sleeve I 15 which is mounted on the supporting .bar

and which is'capable of sliding horizontally or 'len'gthw-ise thereon for purposes to be hereinafter explained, a socket 16; arranged below the supporting sleeve, anda vertical oridepending'arm- 17 connected at its upper of the said sleeve and socket. The sleeve is end with the sleeve 15 and at its lowerend withthe's'ocket' 16, and arranged at one side held in position on the supporting barby meansof-a'thuinbscrew 18 working in a threaded opening of this sleeve endjengagingtheupper edge of the supporting bar.'

. ,On-the hanger 1s mounted a holder and f v 'on thefholder ismounted the marker whereby wthe mark is placed upon the fabric or garment where. the same is to receive the buttonhole, or the like. 7 The form ofholder shown in Figs-1 and'3 comprises an upper 1 vertical cylindrical part 19 which is secured i in the, correspondingly shaped bore, of the socket- '16 of;thejjhanger and a horizontal lower portion 20 which projects laterally from thelower end of the vertical portion. 5 -Var1ous meansxmaybe employed-for secnring' thenpperipart of the holder in the r socket of? the/hanger .hutithose shownin I 6 the drawings are suitable and consist of a clamping screw? 21 which connects the two parts of the socket which are arranged on opposite. sides of a longitudinalfslit 22 therein: extending from 'the'bore, to the pe- -riphery1 thereof. .Atlthe outer, or free end "of the'marker. 3, this marker is constructed in the form ingin which is secured a vertical marker 23 by means of a set screw 24: entering a threaded opening in the adjacent part of the holder and engaging with the periphery As shown in Figs. 1 and of an awl having its lower or pointed end facing downwardly but any other sultable form of marking device may be employed in its stead. The .same result may be obtained by a lead pencil, crayon or the like as a marker whereby a color mark is produced on fabrics which will not-show an awl: mark. In adjusting the spacing device the holder is'fadjusted vertically in the hanger and -;tl1e:;marker is adjusted vertically inthe holder until the lower end of the marker is arranged the desired distance above the normal path of the garment or fabric 'as the same-moves toward and past the sewing or fastening mechanism of' the machine. The marker is also so placed relatively to the needle or fastening mechanism that the same is arranged in front of this mechanism or atthe side thereof, and on a line which passes through this mechanism and which is parallel with the direction of movement of the garment or fabric as it is fed past the sewing, or fastening mechanism. The hanger is also moved lengthwise on the supporting bar and then secured thereto in such a position that the marker or awl is arranged at such a distance from the needle mechanism or fastening mechanism wliiclrequals the distance between center to center at which it is desired to space apart the several buttons, buttonholes or the like which are to be attached'to or formed on the garment or fabric in a row. When the space marker has been thus adjusted the operator places the garment or fabric in. proper position underneath the fastening mechanism where the same is to receive the'first button or buttonhole and while the machine is operating upon this part of the garment the operator lifts that part of the garment or fabric 'in front of the fastening mechanism sufliciently to engage the same with the lower end of the tached to or formed on the garment or fabric, it being understood that after this prick mark hasbeen produced upon the garment or fabric the latter is again lowered by the operator into its normal position. After the sewing or fastening mechanism has completedthe operation'upon which it is engagedthe operator advances the garment .or fabric and brings the next marked place of .the latter in register v with the fastening mechanism to'permit of attaching the next button or forming the next buttonhole on thegarment at the respective place andv while this workis'proceeding the operator again lifts the garment or fabric for'p oducing the mark for the next button or buttonhole on the same. This operation is repeated in like manner for each additional place which is to be marked on the fabric for each additional button, 'buttonhole or 'mechanism one or bothsides of the supporting bar may benumbered or graduated lengthwise thereof, as shown in Figs. 1

and 5.

By offsetting the arm of the hanger it is possible to adjust the holder inthe socket thereof more freely and it also gives the op erator an unobstructed view fromthe front to the needle or fastening mechanism in line with the marking device so as to permit of accurately marking the goods and also feedingthe same properly forwardtoward the fastening mechanism. 1

By constructing the holder of the mark ingrdevice in the form of an L or crank, as shown in Fig. 1, it is possible to bring the marker comparatively close to the needle or fastening mechanism when it is desired to space the buttons or buttonholes quite close together and still permit the hanger to remain some distance from'this fastening mechanism, which is necessary owing to the size of the head and the means for mounting the hanger on themachine head.

When the distance between the marks on the garment or fabric are quite far apart the marker 25 may be secured in the lower end of a holder 26 which is perfectly straight in a vertical direction which latter is in turn secured in the socket of the hanger, as shown in Fig. 6. By reversing the angular holder so that its lower part 20 projects rearwardly the range of the marking device may be lengthened and by turning the part 20 at an angle to the line of movement of the fabric it is possible to produce marks of the, character described on the same on one side of theline of the needle. If desired the length of the bar 12 may also be varied.

When the character of the garment or fabric which is being operated upon requires the same to be fed toward the sewing or 'fasteningmechanism either from the right or left hand side of the machine head the supporting bar is secured at its inner end.

either in the socket 9' or in the socket 10 so as to render the spacemarker capable of useunder either of these conditions, its operation, however,being the same as when the supporting bar is arranged at the front of the machine head.

My improved space marker is not only very slmpleand durable 1n construction but the same can be easily adjusted to suit different requirements as to spacing and the,

same is also not liable to get out of order nor does it interfere with the ordinary operation of the machine.

I claim as my invention:

7 1. A space marking devlce of the character described comprising a bracket adapted to be secured around the head of an operating machine and provided with a plurality of sockets on difi'erent sides thereof, a supporting bar adapted to be secured in one or the othertof said sockets, a hanger'mounted V on said bar, and a marker mounted on said hanger. V

2. A space marking device of the character described comprising anormally stationary supporting bar, ahanger having a sleeve which receives said bar and is adjustable lengthwise thereof and also having an arm which depends from said sleeve vertically out of line withsaid bar and a socket at the lower end of said arm which is vertically in line with said sleeve and bar, a holder secured in said socket, and a marker mounted on the lower end of said holder.

3. A space marking device of the cl1aracter described comprising a normally stationary supporting bar, a hanger having a sleeve which receives said bar and is adjustable lengthwise thereof, and also having an arm which depends from said sleeve vertically out of line with said bar and a socket at the lower end of said arm which is vertically in line with said sleeve and bar, a holder having an upper vertical portion which is secured in said socket and a lower horizontal portion, and a marker mounted at the free end of said horizontal portion on one side of said vertical portion.

Witness my hand this 27th day of September, 1912.

DANIEL W. BARMON.

WVitnesses:

Trrno. L. Porr, ANNA HEIGIS.

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